Program Overview

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Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Latin with Classics) PGCE

Key Information

Study mode: Full time Duration: 37 weeks full-time, September to end of June Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent): UK 120 / ECTS 60 credits Application status: Open Start date: September 2025

Course Description

The PGCE provides a thoughtful and critical introduction to teaching Latin with Classics, including modelling classroom practice and drawing on theoretical research. We work in close partnership with schools in designing, delivering and assessing our programme in order to develop excellent, reflective classroom practitioners.

Key Benefits

• King’s is one of only two institutions to offer an 11 to 18 PGCE Latin with Classics and the course has a national reputation for its quality.
• The course has excellent links with specialists from a range of settings such museum education, drama, psychology and course book authors.
• PGCE courses at King’s are rated Outstanding by Ofsted. One reason is the strong research base which informs the course. In the last research assessment exercise, the department was rated as the leading education institution for research in London (REF, 2021).
• A working partnership with a broad range of schools in London and beyond, providing unique opportunities to learn how to teach a diverse mix of students.
• Across all PGCE subjects, 92% of our PGCE trainees who applied for teaching posts after graduation were employed as Early Career Teachers (ECTs) at schools in the UK and abroad (JISC Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024).
• Located in the heart of London with opportunities for trips to sites such as the Museum of London.
• Two assessed pieces of coursework give you 60 Master’s-level credits – a third of an MA – which puts you well on the way to a Master’s degree in your chosen profession.

Course Essentials

Base Campus

Waterloo Campus

Regulating Bodies

King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry Requirements

UK Applicants

• Standard requirements: A minimum 2:2 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
• Programme-Specific Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree with at least 2:2 honours (or overseas equivalent) in a Classics-based subject, for example Classics, Classical Civilisation or Ancient History.
  • Your level of Latin will need to be at least AS level grade A (or the equivalent) and this will be assessed at interview through a translation exercise.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the subject you intend to teach.
  • GCSE grade C or above (or an equivalent qualification) in English language and mathematics.

International Applicants

• Equivalent International qualifications: Select a country from the list provided
• English language requirements: English language band B

Selection Process

• All applications should be made through DfE Apply, the Department of Education’s Teacher Training application portal.
• Before you can be offered a place on a PGCE programme, you will need to attend an online or in-person interview, usually within 40 days of your application submission date.
• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (criminal conviction check) and Occupational Health check are required for the teacher training programmes.

Teaching Methods

• Seminars
• Self-Study
• One-to-one tutorials
• Academic sessions
• Teaching placement

Assessment

• Written assignment
• Written portfolio
• The 45-credit honours-level module will be assessed by a combination of written (online) portfolio documents and continuous assessment of your teaching practice benchmarked to the DfE's Core Content Framework.
• The 30-credit master’s-level modules will each be assessed by a written assignment heavily based on in-school research that trainees undertake.
• The 15 credit honours-level module will be assessed by an assignment focusing on data collection methods in the school environment.

Structure

Required Modules

• Studying Policy & Professional Practice (30 credits)
• Focused Pedagogical Studies (30 credits)
• Professional Practice in Education (45 credits)
• School Data (15 credits)

Employability

• The majority of trainees go into teaching or other areas of education; many become heads of departments or members of senior management teams; some take up careers in educational administration in the advisory or inspection services.

Tuition Fees

UK

• Full time: £9,535 per year (2025/26)

International

• Full time: £25,500 per year (2025/26)

Additional Costs

• Books, if you choose to buy your own copies.
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions.
• Course packs, which are a vital part of your learning at King's and normally contain extracts from books and other useful documents that will inform your study.
• Library fees and fines.
• Personal photocopies.
• Printing course handouts.
• Society membership fees.
• Stationery.
• Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses.
• Travel expenses in getting to and from placement schools.
• Travel costs for visit to a London school and occasional museum visits.
• Graduation costs.